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JHN AMES, @F LANSNGBURG, AND N. H. HORTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. Letters Patent N 67,247, dated July 30, 1867.

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Be it known that we, JOHN AMES, of Lansingbnrg, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, and N. HOWARD HORTON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Brush- Rack; and that the following description, taken in connection 'with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exactspeciication of the same, wherein we have set forth the natnreand principles of our ,said improvements, by which our invention may he distinguished from all others of a. similar class, together with such parts as we claim, and desire to have secured to us by Letters Patent. i

This invention relates to a new and improved rack for holding paint, varnish, and other similar brushes for exhibition in stores where the same are sold. Brushes 'have hitherto been attached to cards vfor this purpose, but they are veryr liable to beeomedetached therefrom, especially large and heavy brushes.

Our invention consists in having a shallow box, provided with one or more perforated cleats to receive the handles of the brushes and retain them ir. proper position withimthe box, as herein .shown and described. In the accompanying sheet of drawings i Figure lis a front view of our invention.

Figure 2, a transverse vertical section of the saine taken in the line zx, g. 1.

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A represents a shallow box, of rectangular form, and of-any suitable dimensions, the latter being such that the box may contain the necessary number of brushes. l In thc hor A there are placed two cleats, B B', which are perforated with holes at suitable and equal distances apart, said holes being sniciently large in diameter to admit of the handles o1 the brushes being tted in or passed through them. '.lhe upper cleat B is fixed, but the lower one, B, is movable or adjustable, its ends being tterl in grooves a made in th'e inner surfaces of the sides of the box. The object in having this lower cleat B movable is simply to facilitate the adjustment of' the handles b of the brushes in the cleats, the cleat Bbeing drawn outward to a. certain extent to eiect that end. The lower ends of the brushes rest on the bottom of the b'ox A when the former are adjusted in the latter,

us shown clearly in both figures. It is designed tohave the names of the manufacturers painted or otherwise marked on the back of the box above the brushes, and to have the box hunger otherwise secured in an upright position, the brushes'being vertical. In certain cases one cleat may be' sutlcicnt to receive -the handles of the brushes, and if necessary or desired the front of the box may be provided with a glass in order to prevent the brushes from being soiled by dust or otherwise. These brush-racks may be constructed at a very small cost, and will serve to protect the 'sample brushes of' manufacturers in stores, and answer as 51. card for the same, and at the same time be an acquisition to store-keepers in that line of business, as it will enable purchasers to select at once the kind and size of brush required, and be rather a neat and chaste article than otherwise to the general stock of the store. l

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A rack for exhibiting'p'aint, varnish, and other similar brushes as specimens, consisting of a shallow box, A, provided with one or more cleats B or B', arranged substantially as herein showruand described.

' JOHN AMES, Witnesses: NATHANIEL H. HORTON.

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. Renners, J. M. COVINGTON, lfm HORTOX J. A.. SERVICE, l 

